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Coal power plants in Kentucky

Kentucky has 9 operating coal power plants with 10 GW of capacity.

  • Operating9
LouisvilleLexingtonBowling GreenPaducah

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

The largest coal power plants in Kentucky

Operating, by capacity

#Coal power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Ghent19842,226 MW
2H L Spurlock20091,609 MW
3Shawnee19551,575 MW
4Trimble County20111,400 MW
5Mill Creek (KY)19821,362 MW
6East Bend1981772 MW
7D B Wilson1984509 MW
8E W Brown1971464 MW
9Cooper1969344 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in Kentucky

Newest first

#Coal power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Trimble County20111,400 MW
2H L Spurlock20091,609 MW
3D B Wilson1984509 MW
4Ghent19842,226 MW
5Mill Creek (KY)19821,362 MW
6East Bend1981772 MW
7E W Brown1971464 MW
8Cooper1969344 MW
9Shawnee19551,575 MW
The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in Kentucky

How many coal power plants are in Kentucky?
Kentucky has 9 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 10 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in Kentucky?
Ghent in Carroll County, Kentucky is the largest, at 2,226 MW. It came online in 1984.
How many coal power plants were built in Kentucky in 2025?
0 coal power plants came online in Kentucky in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in Kentucky?
Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

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